Who says only women go through labour pain? Ask Anurag Kashyap, who went through hell — over nine years and not nine months of below-the-belt Paanch-es — before delivering Black Friday. And now Abhik Mukhopadhyay is the latest prey. The gifted cinematographer, who is as much responsible for Rituparno Ghosh's cinema as Christopher Doyle is responsible for Wong Kar-Wai's cinema, took the directorial plunge a couple of years back. The film was called Bhoomi. It's written by Devashish Makhija, another talented creator (he does a lot of stuff besides writing). It was Abhik-da's Three Colours, trying to capture India through its tricolour existence across the north, the north-east and centre. He shot a huge chunk of it and then the financiers had other ideas. The film got stuck. Abhik-da even had a 10-minute feel-reel of the movie cut to woo other producers. Everyone went wow at the footage but didn't put the money where their mouths were. Here are those 10 minutes for you. Now, you tell me whether this film deserves to get made or not.
20.9.09
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Abhik da is a master in the way he works. Wow! Just wow! watching him move and do his boogie is amazing. You don't understand the reason why Abhik Mukherjee is Abhik Mukherjee unless you see him work on set. The video was removed by the time i checked it, but i'm sure Ekti Tarar Khoje will be kickass and it certainly will be technically slick.
ReplyDeleteThe video is no more here. Where can I see it?
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